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A mind exclusively bent upon the idea of utility necessarily narrows the range of the imagination. For it is the imagination which pictures to the inner eye of the investigator the indefinitely extending sphere of the possible,that region of hypothesis and explanation, of underlying cause and controlling law. The area of suggestion and experiment is thus pushed beyond the actual field of vision.
Ardent desire for knowledge, in fact, is the one motive attracting and supporting investigators in their efforts; and just this knowledge, really grasped and yet always flying before them, becomes at once their sole torment and their sole happiness. Those who do not know the torment of the unknown cannot have the joy of discovery which is certainly the liveliest that the mind of man can ever feel.
As soon as we touch the complex processes that go on in a living thing, be it plant or animal, we are at once forced to use the methods of this science [chemistry]. No longer will the microscope, the kymograph, the scalpel avail for the complete solution of the problem. For the further analysis of these phenomena which are in flux and flow, the investigator must associate himself with those who have labored in fields where molecules and atoms, rather than multicellular tissues or even unicellular organisms, are the units of study.
Every investigator must before all things look upon himself as one who is summoned to serve on a jury. He has only to consider how far the statement of the case is complete and clearly set forth by the evidence. Then he draws his conclusion and gives his vote, whether it be that his opinion coincides with that of the foreman or not.
Every serious scientific worker is painfully conscious of this involuntary relegation to an ever-narrowing sphere of knowledge, which threatens to deprive the investigator of his broad horizon and degrades him to the level of a mechanic.
Geometric writings are not rare in which one would seek in vain for an idea at all novel, for a result which sooner or later might be of service, for anything in fact which might be destined to survive in the science; and one finds instead treatises on trivial problems or investigations on special forms which have absolutely no use, no importance, which have their origin not in the science itself but in the caprice of the author; or one finds applications of known methods which have already been made thousands of times; or generalizations from known results which are so easily made that the knowledge of the latter suffices to give at once the former. Now such work is not merely useless; it is actually harmful because it produces a real incumbrance in the science and an embarrassment for the more serious investigators; and because often it crowds out certain lines of thought which might well have deserved to be studied.
Half a century ago Oswald (1910) distinguished classicists and romanticists among the scientific investigators: the former being inclined to design schemes and to use consistently the deductions from working hypotheses; the latter being more fit for intuitive discoveries of functional relations between phenomena and therefore more able to open up new fields of study. Examples of both character types are Werner and Hutton. Werner was a real classicist. At the end of the eighteenth century he postulated the theory of neptunism, according to which all rocks including granites, were deposited in primeval seas. It was an artificial scheme, but, as a classification system, it worked quite satisfactorily at the time. Hutton, his contemporary and opponent, was more a romanticist. His concept of plutonism supposed continually recurrent circuits of matter, which like gigantic paddle wheels raise material from various depths of the earth and carry it off again. This is a very flexible system which opens the mind to accept the possible occurrence in the course of time of a great variety of interrelated plutonic and tectonic processes.
How happy does the sagacious investigator of nature seem, whose fancy is ever employed in the invention of hypotheses, and his reason in the support of them!
I have therefore tried to show the tendency displayed throughout history, by the most profound investigators, to pass from the world of the senses to a world where vision becomes spiritual, where principles are elaborated, and from which the explorer emerges with conceptions and conclusions, to be approved or rejected according as they coincide with sensible things.
I would be the last to deny that the greatest scientific pioneers belonged to an aristocracy of the spirit and were exceptionally intelligent, something that we as modest investigators will never attain, no matter how much we exert ourselves. Nevertheless I continue to believe that there is always room for anyone with average intelligence to utilize his energy and any man could, if he were so inclined, be the sculptor of his own brain, and that even the least gifted may, like the poorest land that has been well-cultivated and fertilized, produce an abundant harvest..
It has been said that no science is established on a firm basis unless its generalisations can be expressed in terms of number, and it is the special province of mathematics to assist the investigator in finding numerical relations between phenomena. After experiment, then mathematics. While a science is in the experimental or observational stage, there is little scope for discerning numerical relations. It is only after the different workers have collected data that the mathematician is able to deduce the required generalisation. Thus a Maxwell followed Faraday and a Newton completed Kepler.
It is not merely as an investigator and discoverer, but as a high-principled and unassuming man, that Scheele merits our warmest admiration. His aim and object was the discovery of truth. The letters of the man reveal to us in the most pleasant way his high scientific ideal, his genuinely philosophic temper, and his simple mode of thought. It is the truth alone that we desire to know, and what joy there is in discovering it! With these words he himself characterizes his own efforts.
It usually develops that after much laborious and frustrating effort the investigator of environmental physiology succeeds in proving that the animal in question can actually exist where it lives. It is always somewhat discouraging for an investigator to realize that his efforts can be made to appear so trite, but this statement does not belittle the ecological physiologist. If his data assist the understanding of the ways in which an animal manages to live where it does, he makes an important contribution to the study of distribution, for the present is necessarily a key to the past.
Measurement has too often been the leitmotif of many investigations rather than the experimental examination of hypotheses. Mounds of data are collected, which are statistically decorous and methodologically unimpeachable, but conclusions are often trivial and rarely useful in decision making. This results from an overly rigorous control of an insignificant variable and a widespread deficiency in the framing of pertinent questions. Investigators seem to have settled for what is measurable instead of measuring what they would really like to know.
Of the 10,000 or so meteorites that have been collected and analyzed, eight are particularly unusual. They are so unusual, in fact, that since 1979 some investigators have thought they might have originated not in asteroids, as most meteorites did, but on the surface of Mars.
Other things being equal, the investigator is always the best instructor. The highest grade of instruction in any science can only be furnished by one who is thoroughly imbued with the scientific spirit, and who is actually engaged in original work.
Progress is made by trial and failure; the failures are generally a hundred times more numerous than the successes; yet they are usually left unchronicled. The reason is that the investigator feels that even though he has failed in achieving an expected result, some other more fortunate experimenter may succeed, and it is unwise to discourage his attempts.
The efforts of most human-beings are consumed in the struggle for their daily bread, but most of those who are, either through fortune or some special gift, relieved of this struggle are largely absorbed in further improving their worldly lot. Beneath the effort directed toward the accumulation of worldly goods lies all too frequently the illusion that this is the most substantial and desirable end to be achieved; but there is, fortunately, a minority composed of those who recognize early in their lives that the most beautiful and satisfying experiences open to humankind are not derived from the outside, but are bound up with the development of the individual's own feeling, thinking and acting. The genuine artists, investigators and thinkers have always been persons of this kind. However inconspicuously the life of these individuals runs its course, none the less the fruits of their endeavors are the most valuable contributions which one generation can make to its successors.
The history of mathematics may be instructive as well as agreeable; it may not only remind us of what we have, but may also teach us to increase our store. Says De Morgan, The early history of the mind of men with regards to mathematics leads us to point out our own errors; and in this respect it is well to pay attention to the history of mathematics. It warns us against hasty conclusions; it points out the importance of a good notation upon the progress of the science; it discourages excessive specialization on the part of the investigator, by showing how apparently distinct branches have been found to possess unexpected connecting links; it saves the student from wasting time and energy upon problems which were, perhaps, solved long since; it discourages him from attacking an unsolved problem by the same method which has led other mathematicians to failure; it teaches that fortifications can be taken by other ways than by direct attack, that when repulsed from a direct assault it is well to reconnoiter and occupy the surrounding ground and to discover the secret paths by which the apparently unconquerable position can be taken.
The increasing technicality of the terminology employed is also a serious difficulty. It has become necessary to learn an extensive vocabulary before a book in even a limited department of science can be consulted with much profit. This change, of course, has its advantages for the initiated, in securing precision and concisement of statement; but it tends to narrow the field in which an investigator can labour, and it cannot fail to become, in the future, a serious impediment to wide inductive generalisations.
The indescribable pleasurewhich pales the rest of life's joysis abundant compensation for the investigator who endures the painful and persevering analytical work that precedes the appearance of the new truth, like the pain of childbirth. It is true to say that nothing for the scientific scholar is comparable to the things that he has discovered. Indeed, it would be difficult to find an investigator willing to exchange the paternity of a scientific conquest for all the gold on earth. And if there are some who look to science as a way of acquiring gold instead of applause from the learned, and the personal satisfaction associated with the very act of discovery, they have chosen the wrong profession.
The investigator may be made to dwell in a garret, he may be forced to live on crusts and wear dilapidated clothes, he may be deprived of social recognition, but if he has time, he can steadfastly devote himself to research. Take away his free time and he is utterly destroyed as a contributor to knowledge.
The main purpose of a significance test is to inhibit the natural enthusiasm of the investigator.
The mythology of science asserts that with many different scientists all asking their own questions and evaluating the answers independently, whatever personal bias creeps into their individual answers is cancelled out when the large picture is put together. This might conceivably be so if scientists were women and men from all sorts of different cultural and social backgrounds who came to science with very different ideologies and interests. But since, in fact, they have been predominantly university-trained white males from privileged social backgrounds, the bias has been narrow and the product often reveals more about the investigator than about the subject being researched.
The present rate of progress [in X-ray crystallography] is determined, not so much by the lack of problems to investigate or the limited power of X-ray analysis, as by the restricted number of investigators who have had a training in the technique of the new science, and by the time it naturally takes for its scientific and technical importance to become widely appreciated.
The trouble is that all the investigators proceeded in exactly the same spirit, the spirit that is of scientific curiosity, and with no possibility of telling whether the issue of their work would prove them to be fiends, or dreamers, or angels.
The value the world sets upon motives is often grossly unjust and inaccurate. Consider, for example, two of them: mere insatiable curiosity and the desire to do good. The latter is put high above the former, and yet it is the former that moves some of the greatest men the human race has yet produced: the scientific investigators. What animates a great pathologist? Is it the desire to cure disease, to save life? Surely not, save perhaps as an afterthought. He is too intelligent, deep down in his soul, to see anything praiseworthy in such a desire. He knows by life-long observation that his discoveries will do quite as much harm as good, that a thousand scoundrels will profit to every honest man, that the folks who most deserve to be saved will probably be the last to be saved. No man of self-respect could devote himself to pathology on such terms. What actually moves him is his unquenchable curiosityhis boundless, almost pathological thirst to penetrate the unknown, to uncover the secret, to find out what has not been found out before. His prototype is not the liberator releasing slaves, the good Samaritan lifting up the fallen, but the dog sniffing tremendously at an infinite series of rat-holes.
There is no field of biological inquiry in which the influence of the Origin of Species is not traceable; the foremost men of science in every country are either avowed champions of its leading doctrines, or at any rate abstain from opposing them; a host of young and ardent investigators seek for and find inspiration and guidance in Mr. Darwins great work; and the general doctrine of Evolution, to one side of which it gives expression, finds in the phenomena of biology a firm base of operations whence it may conduct its conquest of the whole realm of nature.
There is no inductive method which could lead to the fundamental concepts of physics. Failure to understand this fact constituted the basic philosophical error of so many investigators of the nineteenth century.
To us investigators, the concept 'soul' is irrelevant and a matter for laughter. But matter is an abstraction of exactly the same kind, just as good and just as bad as it is. We know as much about the soul as we do of matter.
When experimental results are found to be in conflict with those of an earlier investigator, the matter is often taken too easily and disposed of for an instance by pointing out a possible source of error in the experiments of the predessessor, but without enquiring whether the error, if present, would be quantitatively sufficient to explain the discrepancy. I think that disagreement with former results should never be taken easily, but every effort should be made to find a true explanation. This can be done in many more cases than it actually is; and as a result, it can be done more easily by the man on the spot who is already familiar with the essential details. But it may require a great deal of imagination, and very often it will require supplementary experiments.
While playing the part of the detective the investigator follows clues, but having captured his alleged fact, he turns judge and examines the case by means of logically arranged evidence. Both functions are equally essential but they are different.
With the extension of mathematical knowledge will it not finally become impossible for the single investigator to embrace all departments of this knowledge? In answer let me point out how thoroughly it is ingrained in mathematical science that every real advance goes hand in hand with the invention of sharper tools and simpler methods which, at the same time, assist in understanding earlier theories and in casting aside some more complicated developments.
[D]iscovery should come as an adventure rather than as the result of a logical process of thought. Sharp, prolonged thinking is necessary that we may keep on the chosen road but it does not itself necessarily lead to discovery. The investigator must be ready and on the spot when the light comes from whatever direction.
Yes, he said. But these things (the solutions to problems in solid geometry such as the duplication of the cube) do not seem to have been discovered yet. There are two reasons for this, I said. Because no city holds these things in honour, they are investigated in a feeble way, since they are difficult; and the investigators need an overseer, since they will not find the solutions without one. First, it is hard to get such an overseer, and second, even if one did, as things are now those who investigate these things would not obey him, because of their arrogance. If however a whole city, which did hold these things in honour, were to oversee them communally, the investigators would be obedient, and when these problems were investigated continually and with eagerness, their solutions would become apparent.
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Reliance Jio users, the days of free data are getting over. The company's services will go paid starting April 1, 2017. This was announced by the company's chairman Mukesh Ambani at an event | Updated: Feb 21, 2017, 02.51 PM IST
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Reliance Jio customers can enjoy the full bouquet of company's free services till the end of March 31 2017. In fact, there are speculations that Reliance Jio Infocomm subscribers may continue to enjoy data services at a nominal rate, combined with free voice calls, for another three months.
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Chairman of Thai Chamber of Commerce says inflation next year will be higherDecember 11th, 2007 - 10:23 am ICT by admin
Bangkok, 11 December, 2007 (PRD), The Chairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Pramon Suthivong (ประมนต์ สุธีวงศ์), believes the inflation rate next year will definitely be higher than this year, following the continual rises of oil and consumer product prices.
Mr. Pramon Suthivong (ประมนต์ สุธีวงศ์), says the prices of consumer products and oil will likely to elevate next year, and the inflation rate would also increase as a consequence. However, the level of the rate cannot be projected at the moment. Mr. Pramon is however optimistic that food prices will not be modified, and this factor will help prevent the inflation rate from escalating.
The Thai Chamber of Commerce and the Ministry of Commerce discussed the prices of consumer products. After the meeting, both sides agreed that prices should not be adjusted unless entrepreneurs and business operators cannot shoulder the financial brunt any longer. The suspension on price modification is aimed to observe the direction of domestic inflation.
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Matt is speaking at the Hyperledger Member Summit in New York today. He'll discuss how we are working to promote distributed ledger systems in transportation and how we can help solve some major challenges for government agencies.
Matt will be on a panel of speakers in a variety of fields from around the world—technology, energy, finance, and aviation.
The Hyperledger Project is an open-source, industry-wide project that brings together future and existing open source blockchain technology. Governed by the Linux Foundation, the project is building a general-purpose blockchain framework that can be used across industry sectors, from financial services to retail to manufacturing and more.


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This is the name of a documentary film by the award-winning journalist and filmmaker John Pilger, who will be in London on 28 November for a fundraising screening. Based on USA actions towards China, it gives a real eye opener into a situation ignored by the mainstream media.
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China is currently the second biggest economy of the world and it is not a question of if but of when it will catch up to the USA. From trade to potential in expanding their military strength, China poses a real threat to America's international dominance.
As demonstrated throughout modern history, the USA likes to be in control and American imperialism is a reality that can be witnessed all around the world.
"The coming war on China" gives a unique insight into America's pre-emptive actions around the region outside of China, where over 400 US military bases, warheads and fleets surround the area. All this put together has the capability of causing great destruction.
Pilger brings together a collection of rare archives and witness interviews, filming the documentary over a period of two years in the Marshall Islands, China, USA and Korea.
He exposes America's dirty actions of nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands where the equivalent of one Hiroshima explosion every day for 12 years has been carried out, while also remaining unbiased highlighting human rights abuses of China to name a few.
What will be an informative evening, it will also be one not to be missed. The director himself will be at the screening doing a "Questions and Answers" session, creating the opportunity to ask any unanswered questions or doubts.
Date and Time: Tuesday 28 November, from 18:30 to 21:00. Venue: Rio Cinema, 107 Kingsland High Street, London, E8 2PB. More information and tickets here.


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Star Wars Galaxy's Edge Hollywood Studios Construction Milestone
A few weeks ago the Disney Park's blog was updated with an article showcasing a milestone in the construction of Star Wars Galaxy's Edge at Disney's Hollywood Studios. The milestone was a construction beam signing by Imagineers and cast members at the park. This is an important milestone in the construction phase of any Disney attraction.
To celebrate this milestone, a video was created showcasing the signers. The signed beam will eventually be part of the construction and a remembrance for those that participated in it.
Thousands of Disney cast members excited to see Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge coming to life at Disney's Hollywood Studios celebrated a major construction milestone with the signing of a support beam that'll top out the new land.
About Walt Disney World:
At Walt Disney World, you've got a whole fantastic world to celebrate in! With four spectacular theme parks and two water parks plus the most amazing shopping, dining and recreation magic imaginable, it's no wonder all of life's special moments are made even more enjoyable when you celebrate at Walt Disney World.
Disney Parks' Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Toydarian Shop to Feature Exclusive Merchandise
The fine folks over at the Disney Parks Blog, have given us a taste of what's to come for some of the merchandise that will be exclusive to the park. As you can see from the image above there will be a plush Kylo Ren, First Order Stormtrooper, Chewbacca, porg, Yoda, and Watto toys. No doubt, that is just the tip of the iceberg though.
At Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, guests will visit the planet of Batuu, a remote outpost on the galaxy's edge that was once a busy crossroads along the old sub-lightspeed trade routes. Here, guests will find themselves in the middle of the action at two attractions that take detail and immersion to the next level: one that lets guests take the controls of Millennium Falcon on a customized secret mission, and an epic Star Wars adventure that puts guests in the middle of a climactic battle between the First Order and the Resistance.
Guests will also be able to explore a street market run by a Toydarian, a character first introduced in "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace." Among his wares will be handcrafted toys made by local artisans, like those seen above.
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge is set to open at both the Disneyland and the Walt Disney World Resorts in 2019.
Are you excited for Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge? Leave your thoughts on our various social media sites!
About Walt Disney World:
At Walt Disney World, you've got a whole fantastic world to celebrate in! With four spectacular theme parks and two water parks plus the most amazing shopping, dining and recreation magic imaginable, it's no wonder all of life's special moments are made even more enjoyable when you celebrate at Walt Disney World.
Theme Parks
New Promo Images of Star Tours Crait Starspeeder Flight
The Disney Parks Blog has just given us our first taste of the new Crait planet destination, on Disney's Star Tours ride. The new destination will be available November 17. We get a look at the cockpit view from Star Tours, as well as some promotional artwork for the planet featuring the Star Tours Starspeeder as well.
The site goes on to mention that Crait is not the only reveal that will be had this week. We've shared all we can for now about the thrilling adventures waiting for you on Crait, but if you're thinking that's the only new Star Tours destination coming this week, all I can say is, "No. There is another."
What other planet would you want to see added to the destinations for Star Tours? As always, leave your thoughts in the normal places.
About Star Tours:
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue is a 3D motion simulator attraction located at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Paris.
Theme Parks
New LEGO Star Wars Display Coming to LEGOLAND Florida in 2018
LEGOLAND® Florida Resort is announcing an exciting new addition coming to its LEGO® Star Wars™ MINILAND area in 2018 – an all-new LEGO display inspired by the worldwide blockbuster "Star Wars – Episode VII: The Force Awakens."
LEGO® Star Wars™: The Force Awakens MINILAND Model Display will feature several scenes re-created with thousands of LEGO bricks, including memorable movie moments with Rey, Finn, Poe, Kylo Ren and BB-8, enhanced with lights, sound effects and animation.
More details about this 2018 expansion project will be shared in the coming months. For more information about LEGOLAND Florida Resort, visit www.LEGOLAND.com/florida and www.llfblog.com.
About LEGOLAND Florida:
LEGOLAND® Florida Resort is built for kids. The 150-acre interactive theme park offers more than 50 rides, shows and attractions, restaurants, shopping, a breathtaking botanical garden and the LEGOLAND Water Park all geared to families with children ages 2 to 12. The LEGOLAND Hotel is located just steps from the park entrance and features 152 rooms.
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VA Streamline Loan Fees and Limits
As with your original VA purchase loan, the VA collects a funding fee on your refinance loan. It is the only fee that is required by the VA, and it is 0.5% of the loan amount for every person who does a streamline refinance. It can either be rolled into the new loan or paid in cash at closing. As with a VA purchase loan, veterans who receive disability benefits are exempt from the funding fee requirement.
VA funding fees are small compared to all the savings you get with a VA loan.
VA funding fees are small compared to all the savings you get with a VA loan. The fee helps sustain the VA lending program, which is not funded by taxpayer dollars or the funds from other benefits programs that the VA offers. The funding fee is set and collected by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
There are typically no out-of-pockets costs associated with the VA Streamline program and closing costs can be rolled into the new loan or covered by choosing an interest rate that offers a lender credit to cover the associated costs. Speak to your Strive Lending representative for more information on the available options.
The streamline refinance option is only for people who are refinancing a home with current VA mortgage. However, you do not have to still be using the home as your primary property. Nor do you have to use the same lender that you used for your initial VA loan. The paperwork will be quick and easy even with a new lender.
The streamline refinance is limited to the amount of the original loan, plus any accrued late fees or charges. It can also include refinance fees and closing costs. No other loans may be paid with the streamline refinance option.
You cannot get any cash back from a streamline refinance loan. See more information about energy-efficient improvements here.
Another important rule is that your interest rate on the new loan must be lower than it was on the old loan. One exception to this rule is if you are refinancing an adjustable-rate mortgage into a fixed-rate mortgage. In this case, your interest rate is likely to be higher with the refinanced loan. You are also exempt from this rule if you are refinancing to a shorter loan term.
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The Magnificent Monster Circus Show is a playful, exuberant show over 30 minutes, reminding everyone of the joys and possibilities of imagination. It was commissioned by the Brisbane Powerhouse and presented on the Performance Lawn as part of Powerkidz Festival in July 2014 to large crowds of appreciative children and their adults.
What Happens in the Show?
Three acrobats arrive on stage to find their show is still in boxes! As they search for their wayward equipment they create a makeshift world of cardboard, hoops and dreams. As each box opens the audience encounters fresh realms of make-believe and magic.
The performers meld circus skills – hoops, silks, trapeze and acro-balance, with a childlike passion for the cardboard boxes. This combination creates a world filled with puppets, robot dances and a mysterious monster lurking in the background!
Combine Shows and Workshops
Working in tandem with Vulcana Kids & Teens, our children's circus workshop program, the young students were given the opportunity to contribute to the performance. They were taught the finale dance and how to operate the monster puppet for each performance.
These kids are now part of the big secret! The monster that has been plaguing the performers is actually children, playing a joke on them. In the finale they reveal themselves and join with the acrobats to show off their new skills and perform the finale dance together.
Book the Magnificent Monster Circus
Contact us to make enquiries about booking the Magnificent Monster Circus Show and / or Workshop Program.
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Tucked away from the hustle and bustle of night clubs and beaches was this rustic gem. A traditional Ibiza finca located up in the hills on an almond farm. No address, just turn left at the white rock and drive up the dirt road. Watch the rabbits scurry in the field as you drive up the hill. When the smell of earth, pine, and rosemary fills your nose you know your home.
This house was me living out my "under the Tuscan sun" fantasy. I found it online when searching for a summer home in 2010. I knew the inside was traditional Ibiza finca style but never knew what the outside was like because they didn't post pictures, but the price was right so we grabbed it while we had the chance. We arrived at night and had no idea of the view this place had until we woke up the next morning to this. We spent three amazing summers here and still to this day I long for those nights filled with BBQ, sunsets, and stars forever in my mind.


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On Sunday October 23rd 2011 thousands of individuals across the globe came together to honour and celebrate their Oneness with themselves and all of life. Joining USA, South Africa, New Zealand, Canada, India and other countries the UK contributed by holding four key events in London, West Sussex, Sheffield and Galloway, whilst many individuals wrote in with their stories of individual participation. Recognised by the United Nations as being one of the fundamental keys to sustainable peace, Oneness is a reality which brings peace, harmony and accord to our relationships with each other and within ourselves.
YouTube Global Oneness Day Video
Experiences of G1D participants:
"When I arrived at the designated meeting point for the Global Oneness Celebration opposite the Houses of Parliament the first thing I saw was a "shepherd's crook" which I picked up without hesitation. It felt like it had been put their for me! It was a branch from a tree but what made it look like a crook is its shape and the fact there was no bark on it. Not that I took on the role of a shepherd :) What I like about Humanity's Team is that we tend to leave our ego's behind at events such as this and so I felt our shared experience was one of joy, divine presence, good will and deep connection. What we did was great (readings, a guided meditation, expressing our desires and intentions for this day of Oneness) and behind the doing was the Being. That place of Oneness, the One heart, the One mind, the pure Mystery that I am and you too.
Thanks to Shalini and Nancy for co-creating this wonderful experience."
John, Somerset UK
"It was potent. It reminded me that an amazing and powerful energy can be almost effortlessly tapped into and then 'sent out'. It does not matter whether it is one person or 1000 people. A circle of three seems a very small circle and yet something powerful occurred becauase we all - through intent and belief - were able to tap into that energy and use it wisely. That energy is pure Love, Universe, God, Being, Truth - whatever label one wishes to give it, it does not matter. In this way, each of us, contains all other beings and we are also contained within each being. The seperateness we feel is our Ego and only a complex illusion. What we do to others we do to ourself because we are "all in each and each in all...." We may not be able to experience the True feeling of Oneness in every moment but we can remind ourselves continously of this Truth and try to live our lives in the knowledge of this Truth. A small circle of three people who try to do the above can be powerful because in that moment of holding hands with a shared shared intention, we felt a big part of ourselves transcend our ego and the illusion of seperation and we aligned ourselves with Love, in which by its nature there can be no seperation, only oneness." Nancy, Watford UK
'The Barn, which was our venue for the day, was vast and bright and quite amazing. It felt as though we were at one in there with more than human presences. As the decoration of the Barn progressed it seemed to become more filled with the qualities of celebration. As people arrived for the festivities the atmosphere changed again and took on a greater level of chattiness and an air of expectation.
Although we were for the most part a white English gathering, Tony Day's lovely photographs of people from other cultures adorning the walls all around us lent a more global flavour to the event.
The circle dancing was, as always, pleasing to the senses and calming." Barbara Cole, Worthing, UK
"For my own part I have to say that the event for me was the coming together, with a group of like minded people to do something tangible and positive to represent our support for the Global Oneness Initiative. I felt it a very worthwhile thing to do and also thoroughly enjoyed the day." Penny, Shoreham by Sea, UK
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Touchstone Innovations notes that its portfolio company, Autifony Therapeutics Limited ("Autifony"), which is pioneering the development of novel pharmaceutical treatments for serious disorders of the central nervous system, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted AUT00206 an Orphan Drug Designation for the treatment of Fragile X Syndrome, the most common known cause of inherited learning disabilities.
Orphan Drug Designation is a special status granted to a drug intended to treat a rare disease or condition, which meets criteria specified in the Orphan Drug Act. Orphan designation qualifies the sponsor of the drug for various development incentives as well as seven years of market exclusivity following approval in the U.S.
The application was founded on positive results in a range of preclinical studies exploring the efficacy of AUT00206 in a genetic model of Fragile X in mice. Studies of multiple disease-relevant endpoints showed significant improvement in both cognitive and behavioural functioning of the mice following treatment with AUT00206. This work was supported by the FRAXA Research Foundation, a charity which encourages and funds research into Fragile X Syndrome.
Dr Charles Large, CEO of Autifony, said: "We believe that our promising findings in the preclinical model of Fragile X support investigation of AUT00206 in clinical trials, which we plan to initiate as rapidly as possible in 2018. Orphan Drug designation by the FDA provides us with further encouragement to address this important unmet medical need."
Dr Mike Tranfaglia, Medical Director and Chief Scientific Officer of FRAXA Research Foundation, said: "We are excited about the potential of AUT00206 as a treatment for Fragile X. With its novel mechanism of action, this compound has demonstrated its ability to rescue many disease-relevant phenotypes in Fragile X animal models. AUT00206 has the potential to be a disease-modifying therapy for people with Fragile X, and we are looking forward to clinical trials in Fragile X patients."
AUT00206 is also in development for schizophrenia. An experimental medicine study in patients with schizophrenia, involving electrophysiological biomarkers and imaging outcomes, was initiated in May 2017.


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SOURCE: The Oxford Princeton Programme
July 15, 2013 08:55 ET
The Oxford Princeton Programme Rolls Out Training to Address Opportunities and Challenges in Coal
The Oxford Princeton Programme Rolls Out Training to Address Opportunities and Challenges in Coal
PLAINSBORO, NJ and WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwired - Jul 15, 2013) - Pioneers and market leaders in energy education and training, The Oxford Princeton Programme will be training energy professionals on the use, global consumption, demand trends and regulatory forces reshaping the coal industry.
"The energy market is taking a closer-than-ever look at coal -- especially compared to natural gas for electric power generation," says Clara Lippert Glenn, President and CEO at The Oxford Princeton Programme. "As leaders in our space, it is our mission to monitor such industry trends and deliver timely training solutions to our client base.
On September 11-12, 2013, The Oxford Princeton Programme will launch "The US Coal Market -- Opportunities and Challenges" (http://www.oxfordprinceton.com/component/redevent/details/164.html?highlight=YToxOntpOjA7czo0OiJ1c2NtIjt9) in Washington DC. The course will explore the evolution of coal industry leading to its resurgence in energy sector today. The course will also highlight economic and regulatory pressures within the coal industry and examine the relationship between the natural gas markets and coal. Course delegates will be provided with basic guidelines for identifying emerging coal markets and recognizing the economic, technological and policy changes that may affect the future use of coal.
This highly anticipated course will be led by Dawn Santoianni. An engineering professional with over 20 years' experience in power generation and environmental policy analysis, Dawn has worked extensively on regulatory impact analysis over the last five years. Dawn holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering.
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NO part of Japan is more than 75 miles from the sea. With its fish catch three times that of the United States, its shipyards some of the world's most innovative and its Emperor a marine biologist, the land of nearly 7,000 isles in the past few years has quietly honed its technological skills to become a global leader in probing the depths of the world's seas and working hard to unlock their secrets.
It is an effort of no small moment, as the deep encompasses more than half the earth.
The deepest diving manned submersible in the world is now one from Japan. The craft recently set a depth record in the Atlantic, carrying three people down nearly four miles to scrutinize the sea floor. Earlier this year in the Pacific, a Japanese robot set a depth record for exploration by advanced machines.
Japan is making discoveries, setting up international deep-sea collaborations and launching waves of new equipment meant to illuminate the sea's dark frontiers. Smaller than California and bereft of many natural resources, the archipelago nation sees the deep as a repository of biological and mineral riches and is making preparations to mine them both.
It is also probing the abyss to fathom its own geophysical fate, which is tied to nearby oceanic plates that grind past one another to produce swarms of earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis. The hope is to learn how to warn of danger.
"Increased knowledge of the ocean is indispensable to making our way into the future," said Mitsugu Ishizuka, president of the Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, located on Tokyo Bay, the nation's top group for the development of deep gear, speaking recently to an American audience.Continue reading the main story
Japan over the years has sunk large sums into industrial sectors it deems important, at times with mixed results. It won big on memory chips but stumbled on futuristic computers and some types of advanced television. Its space program is ambitious but seemingly confused over whether it wants a leading world role.
American experts say Japan's inner-space program is as serious as any they have analyzed, even if small compared with some of that country's giant projects. Its steady growth is reportedly based on annual investments that have now risen to around $100 million.
The effort seems more ambitious than that of the United States, where Federal development of deep-sea vehicles has slowed in favor of operating some the Government already owns.
"They're making a big push, putting a lot of money into it, and exceeding us in some ways," said Dr. Richard Von Herzen, a senior scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Cape Cod who recently dived in the Japanese deep submersible. "It's not competitive. They're complementing our work in the oceans, and doing it rather quickly and well."
J. Bradford Mooney Jr., a retired Navy Rear Admiral who studies global trends in deep-sea research, said America's style was piecemeal while Japan's was comprehensive. "Clearly, the whole nation is marching to the same drum," he said in an interview. "They have a national strategy."
Much of Japan's undersea push arises from its wrestling with harsh geographic facts of life. The island nation is mountainous, short on farmland and resources and highly dependent on the ocean. Its annual per capita consumption of fish is the highest in the world.
The sea, often celebrated in national festivals, is also feared. The type of earthquake that shook Japan on Oct. 4 is common in the Western Pacific, where the intermittent shifting of deep oceanic plates begets earthquakes, volcanoes and the big waves known as tsunamis. The quake's epicenter was in the maze of deep fissures in the ocean floor that runs parallel to Japan and regularly erupts in tectonic upheavals.
Justin L. Bloom, the United States science attache in Tokyo from 1975 to 1981 and now a consultant on international science, said Japan's drive to fathom the deep was as much spiritual and intellectual as practical and economic.
"Historically, as a nation, as a people, the Japanese have had a huge involvement with the ocean," he said in an interview. "Their culture is largely based on their relationship to the sea. I don't think the program was ever justified on the basis of some great economic plan. It was something they wanted to do well simply because the ocean is such a big part of their lives."
In the early 1970's, the Japanese founded the Japan Marine Science and Technology Center and immediately turned to the West for aid in learning how to probe the deep. In particular, they turned to Woods Hole on Cape Cod, which in concert with the Navy had invented deep maneuvering submersibles. Its pride was Alvin, which could carry three people to a depth of 2.5 miles.
Japanese engineers visited Woods Hole in 1973 and inspected Alvin closely. In 1975, Emperor Hirohito paid a visit as well. After much experimentation, in 1981 the Japanese launched the Shinkai ("deep sea") 2000, which could carry people down 2,000 meters, or 1.25 miles.
Alvin and its support ship visited Tokyo in 1987, fresh from making headlines by investigating the sunken hulk of the Titanic. The American submersible was toured by Crown Prince Akihito, who is now Japan's Emperor. He is a marine biologist, as was his father, and specializes in gobies, a type of small carnivorous fish.
In 1990 the Japanese completed the Shinkai 6500, which cost about $60 million to build and can carry three people down 6,500 meters, or more than 4 miles. It can dive deeper than any other manned vehicle in the world and is quite well equipped. For instance, it has more electrical power for lights, cameras and science experiments than Alvin.
The 31-foot-long submersible and its 345-foot-long support ship stopped at Woods Hole in late July as part of a Japanese-American effort to probe the Atlantic. The sub had just set an Atlantic depth record by diving down 3.74 miles to hunt for insights into how the Earth's crust is formed. Both vehicles appeared to be engineering jewels, the ship made by Kawasaki and the submersible by Mitsubishi.
Masahiko Ida, formerly Japan's top submersible pilot and now head of the Shinkai 6500 team, gave a reporter a tour of the tiny submarine. Asked the secret of its powers, he said there was no secret. All the "cutting and welding," he said, all the innumerable parts and the personnel sphere, which is made of titanium, a super-strong metal, had simply been done with great care and precision.
He led the way up a flight of stairs near the gleaming white machine and then down a ladder into its heart. The interior was cramped but not claustrophobic. Three small windows looked forward. Banks of switches were arrayed in neat rows, many underlaid by Japanese script. Most of the gear, including tape recorders for deep-sea cameras, was made in Japan. An exception was the underwater telephone system, made by Ametek, a California company recently acquired by one in Utah.
American scientists say the Japanese are learning rapidly and loosing a tendency to be overly cautious in their deep explorations. For instance, the Shinkai 6500 now dives almost every day. At the program's start, it went down every other day, with the off days devoted to painstaking rounds of maintenance.
"The big surprise was how far they've come," said one American oceanographer, who recently dove on the Shinkai 6500 and who spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid the possibility of offending his hosts. "This sub clearly has substantial abilities and very good imaging systems."
Another American scientist echoed that view. "We were all impressed," he said, fresh from a Shinkai 6500 dive. "They babied the system. They didn't work it the way we would. But we got all the samples we wanted. After all was said and done, it seems to be a very good system."
The Japanese rush into the deep has occasionally led to stumbles that Tokyo apparently views as unavoidable missteps on the road to leadership.
A particularly painful episode centered on the device known as Kaiko, or "trench" in Japanese. Built by Mitsui, the $50 million machine is the world's deepest-diving robot, designed to plunge on a tether to depths of 11,000 meters, or nearly seven miles. It has television cameras, still cameras, sonars, sensors and crab-like claws. One of Japan's goals is to use it to map cracks in the ocean floor as an aid to finding and monitoring active geological faults.
On a test dive early this year, Kaiko was nearing the ocean floor nearly seven miles into the Mariana Trench -- the deepest spot in the ocean -- when video screens watched by Japanese engineers suddenly went blank. The dive was aborted and the 10-foot-long robot hauled back to the surface for lengthy repairs. The setback came just feet short of breaking the depth record set in 1960 by the American bathyscaph Trieste, which carried two people. Still, Kaiko's dive was the deepest to date by a robot and succeeded in gathering valuable data with a suite of modern sensors.
Despite such stumbles, the Japanese are pressing ahead to perfect Kaiko and develop other gear, including prototype machines for deep mining. Sumitomo has built an experimental device that can be towed to depths of 5,000 meters, or 3.1 miles, to gather manganese nodules. Scattered like cobblestones on parts of the sea floor, the nodules are rich in copper, cobalt and nickel, which is important for making stainless steel.
Experts say ocean mining, though perhaps decades off in general, might be done sooner by the Japanese as a way to achieving greater resource independence.
So too, Japanese biologists have begun a major effort to retrieve microbes from the deep, and perhaps to make new drugs and tools for genetic engineering. The $43 million Deepstar project, as it is known, involves building a plant that can reproduce on land the extreme pressures and temperatures found in the sea's depths. The aim is to have a repository for breeding unique bacteria and organisms brought back to land by Kaiko, Shinkai 6500 and other deep-diving vehicles.
A tentative project on the horizon for Tokyo is a large new ship that would be used to drill deep into the ocean's rocky crust to study global geology. That job is now done by the Joides Resolution, a 470-foot-long ship based in the United States that sails the world for an international consortium of geologists.
As Japan develops a wealth of deep-sea gear, Western experts wonder to what extent the rush will advance the hardest aspects of science and discovery, noting that creative flexibility can be as important to such work as solid financing.
Another question is whether the Japanese drive into the deep is just a temporary plunge created by the fiscal surpluses of 1980's or is the beginning of a long-term expansion. Experts are divided on the topic. Among the riddles is a proposed new Japanese submersible, informally known as Shinkai 11,000, that would carry scientists into the deepest parts of the abyss.
"They don't like to talk about things before they happen," said Don Walsh, a former Navy captain who was on Trieste's pioneering dive and has advised the Japanese. He said he expects the new submersible to materialize "by the end of the century."
Other experts say the Japanese are changing focus now that key tools are in hand or nearly finished, spending money as much on exploration as new vehicles. Japan, they add, is pouring new funds into coastal development, marine construction and oceanic power generation, even as the nation becomes more serious about seabed mining.
"They're starting to explore a lot of things," said Dr. Joseph R. Vadus, an expert on Japanese sea endeavors at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Silver Spring, Md. "Over all, what Japan is doing with the ocean is mind-boggling."Continue reading the main story


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Obama: The Truth is Not in HimPosted: November 25, 2014 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Affordable Care Act, CBO, Congress, Congressional Budget Office, Ed Henry, Gruber, House Speaker John Boehner, john birch society, John McManus, Jonathan Gruber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, obamacare, Professor Jonathan Gruber, Rush Limbaugh, Senate Majority Leader McConnell, Supreme Court, The John Birch Society 2 Comments
Obama: The Truth is Not in Him
by JBS President John F. McManus
During a press conference while he was in Brisbane, Australia, President Obama was asked the following penetrating question by Fox News reporter Ed Henry, "At your Burma town hall a couple of days ago, you tried to inspire young leaders by saying, 'governments need to be held accountable, need to be responsive to the people.' I wonder how you square that with your former adviser, Jonathan Gruber, claiming you were not transparent about the health care law because in his words, the American people, the voters are stupid. Did you mislead Americans about the taxes, about keeping your plan in order to get the bill passed?"
Mr. Obama responded: "No, I did not. I just heard about this. I get well-briefed before I come out here. The fact that some adviser who never worked on our staff expressed an opinion that I completely disagree with in terms of the voters is no reflection on the actual process that was run."
But the truth, as radio personality Rush Limbaugh quickly pointed out, is that MIT Professor Gruber did, in fact, participate in meetings with Obama when the measure was being written. Gruber himself bragged about being there and was not just a distant consultant but a key member of the group that crafted the entire bill. As the President later pointed out, Gruber was in attendance at meetings and was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for his work.
The President continued: "We had a year-long debate and I advise every press outlet here to go back and pull up every clip [about the Affordable Care Act] and there was not one provision in the health care law that was not extensively debated and fully transparent."
But as Professor Gruber stated during those taped panel discussions, he wished that the language in the measure was "all transparent, but I'd rather have this law than not." He claimed that the measure "was written in a tortured way to make sure the CBO [Congressional Budget Office] did not score the mandate as taxes." Because if it had known to be a tax measure, said Gruber, "the bill dies." The bill, he claimed after it was passed, was written "to do that." To do what? To deceive the public and the Congress from knowing what he and President Obama knew about the measure.
There are two major problems here. The first is that critically important facts about the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) were kept from the American people and the Congress in order to get it enacted. That's fraud pure and simple. And the second is that President Obama has confirmed that he is loose with the truth. Professor Gruber, a major player in creating this law, may be reprehensible for participating in the fraudulent selling of ObamaCare. But President Obama has removed all doubt that he is untruthful.
Arriving at the conclusion that the President of our nation can't be trusted is sad indeed. All Americans should be made aware of this. And Congress should repeal the ObamaCare law in its entirety.
Mr. McManus joined the staff of The John Birch Society in August 1966 and has served various roles for the organization including Field Coordinator, Director of Public Affairs, and now President. He remains the Society's chief media representative throughout the nation and has appeared on hundreds of radio and television programs. Mr. McManus is also Publisher of The New American magazine and author of a number of educational DVDs and books.
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The truth is not in any government official in this day and time. Government officials lie all the time. I worked at the Library of Congress from 1989 to 1995 and it was prevalent throughout the government then and I am sure it has gotten progressively worse since then. I used to tell the people I worked with at the Library that we needed to go back to our homes (away from Washington, DC) and make the ordinary citizens aware and they would come and burn Washington, DC down. There is no work ethic in Washington at all, just a desire "to feather one's own nest". We have a great task in re-capturing the Americanist cause. One of best ways to do this is inform yourself and one the best ways to do that is to join The John Birch Society. You will be glad you did.
I think that the idealist ingenues that so admire Obama, consider his brazen lying to be sophisticated and devilishly clever and to be emulated as they ascend. They admire his devilish jaunty swagger and wish to emulate him. Let's hope as he rapidly ages from the stresses and strains of his assignments for the INSIDERS, he will no longer appeal to them as the stylish gadabout he portrays, and that he will soon be rejected by them for no longer identifying with them. His hair is graying nicely, and the bags under his eyes are prominent in recent photos. When the time is right, the INSIDERS will throw him away and engage a younger, as yet untried parvenu to do their bidding.
Mr. Logan is right in urging good, moral Americanists to join the John Birch Society, so they can reveal to the world the existence of the INSIDERS.


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Texas congressman urges HHS to reject state's Medicaid-managed care company partnership
WASHINGTON — A congressman from Texas is urging the Department of Health and Human Services to reject an attempt by the Texas state government to move millions of Medicaid prescription drug beneficiaries into managed care plans.
Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett, head of the Texas Democratic Congressional Delegation, said the move would harm small pharmacies that cater to Medicaid beneficiaries and leave many patients without access to pharmacy services by reducing pharmacy dispensing fees to far below the average pharmacy's cost of dispensing each prescription.
In particular, according to a letter to HHS, Doggett wrote that Navitus Health Solutions, the PBM with which the Texas Health and Human Services Commission contracted, required all pharmacies in its Medicaid network to accept a non-negotiable dispensing fee of $1.35 per prescription — 88% below the average pharmacy's cost — despite a state-sponsored study that found the average cost of dispensing a prescription in Texas in 2011 was $11.27.
"Turning Medicaid prescription drug benefits over to private managed care companies will harm patient access and push hundreds of pharmacies out of Medicaid or out of business," Doggett said. "This will deny access to vital prescriptions for many of our neighbors and hurt small businesses that play a vital role in health care."
Dr. Reddy's launches generic Alzheimer's drug
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Dr. Reddy's announced the launch of rivastigmine tartrate capsules in the 1.5-mg, 3-mg, 4.5-mg and 6-mg strengths.
The drug is a generic version of Novartis' Exelon. Exelon and other generic versions of the drug had sales of about $92.6 million during the 12-month period ended in June, according to IMS Health.
Toys"R"Us unwraps annual holiday hot toy list
WAYNE, N.J. — Toys"R"Us announced this week its top toy list for the holiday season.
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Air Hogs Hyper Actives from Spin Master;
Air Swimmers eXtreme from Animal Planet;
Lalaloopsy Silly Hair dolls from MGA Entertainment;
LeapPad Explorer from LeapFrog;
Monster High Fearleading 3-Pack from Mattel;
Moshi Monsters Moshling 3-Pack Mini-Figures from Spin Master;
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Nerf Vortex Vigilon from Hasbro;
Ninjago Lightning Dragon Battle from Lego;
Poppin' Park Elefun Busy Ball Popper from Playskool;
Power Wheels Dune Racer from Fisher-Price;
Radica Fijit Friends from Mattel;
Sesame Street Let's Rock! Elmo from Hasbro;
Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure from Activision; and
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Yesterday we came back from lunch to discover that we had gone back in time to 1922 in Egypt. We had been employed by Howard Carter to assist him on his archaeological dig to uncover a tomb. See more by following this link:
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It was so COOL!Howard Carter showed us some things in the Tomb and he read a bit of his diary.We saw a mommy coffin. It was king Tutankhamun's coffin it so couloured and bright and very very old!
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I don't normally dedicate this space to current events, but maybe my blog and I are going through some kind of transition. Anyway, fortunately the situation I blogged about yesterday turned out okay . . . at least in that the little boy was found alive.
However, questions linger and are actually being fueled today by the family's Thursday night appearance on Larry King Live, in which the previously missing six-year-old said, "We did this for the show." (Story here.)
I just bet they did.
I said yesterday that I would withhold judgment for a bit. Well, I have some thoughts that transcend the whole balloon incident.
First of all, it would seem to me that these children are being raised in an extremely laissez-faire environment. Why in the world would these kids be playing on the roof with a video camera? And yes, apparently both mom and dad were home at the time, so supervision theoretically should have been going on.
Secondly, I stand by my original statement that these parents (or at least the dad) indicate a huge need for attention that goes far beyond any normal limits. And I simply detest it when people even remotely appear to exploit their children to fulfill that attention need. Jon and Kate are another example of reality shows gone very bad. I suppose that's why I very rarely tune in to such programming. The skeptic in me is always at work.
Thirdly, I'm all for adventure. And clearly this father is adventurous. With his incredible attraction to science and fascination for exploring extraterrestrial life, he seems quite the character. Add to that this interest in making homemade helium balloons, and . . . well, let's just say it would seem that his sense of daring and adventure has overtaken any reasonable level of common sense.
The fact of the matter is that we'll probably never know for sure what the real situation was. Did the parents really believe the small child was in the balloon? If so, then why did we hear nothing about a detached basket until after the thing crash-landed? I mean, with the whole world watching on live TV, it was pretty clear that there was no basket for the 90 some-odd minutes that I watched.
I guess that on the bright side, this kid will have a great story to write when his teacher assigns the "What's the Most Exciting Thing That's Ever Happened to You?" essay.
Never mind. I'm wrong about that. Who wants to read about someone hiding in a box in the attic for four hours?
I guess the dad will just have to keep trying. After all, with a name like Falcon, this kid of his was apparently born to fly.
Better yet, family therapy and parenting classes. Now there's an idea worth pursuing.


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